Vulnerability in Nicholas Marriott Tmux
CVE-2011-1496
tmux 1.3 and 1.4 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows local users to gain utmp group privileges via a filename to the -S command-line option.
EPSS: 0.010 (57.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Nicholas_marriott Tmux — versions 1.3, 1.4
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-1496?
- CVE-2011-1496 is a vulnerability in Nicholas Marriott Tmux, classified under CWE-264. Published 2011-04-18.
- Is CVE-2011-1496 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.